Mended Hearts Open Forum

Mike, I am 4-1/2 years out from CABG3X that was done under similar circumstances. It should have been 4X but the one artery was too small to fix. I thought I had recurring esophagus spasms, went for the stress test and ended up with the cath and being ...

Thanks for the replies. The issue cleared over the two rest days of Saturday and Sunday and hasn't returned this week while continuing rehab. ------------------------------ Arlyn Stewart White Oak TX ------------------------------

I suspect that most of us who have had a sternotomy sense concern about sternum integrity while we recover. My surgery PA had me in for four visits, during the last three, she listened to chest during a cough to detect any clicking and thus looseness ...

Thank you both veery much for the replies. Yesterday was a bad day LOL I was able to talk it through with a friend/mentor and be heard and dump a lot of emotion that I guess had built up! I also reached out to my PCP. Appreciate your replies! Mike ...

Hey Mike. The emotional feelings you are having can happen. Please speak to your cardiologist or primary care physician about them. I went through the same thing. It was months before I got help because I just did not know. You went through a life ...